The Art of Mediterranean Living

Places to Go:Historic Houses & Gardens

Let us show you how Mallorcan horticulture and architecture has been shaped and refined by the many waves of settlers to the island.


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Botanicactus
Botanicactus

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Santanyí
You could spend all day rambling around this enormous privately owned garden, which boasts a breathtaking 12,000 cacti.
Time Jun-Sep: 9am-7.30pm. Oct-Jan: 10.30am-4.30pm. Feb: 9am-6pm. Mar-May: 9am-7pm.
Where Ctra. Se Salines-Santanyí. Santanyí
Price Adults €7, Children €4.20
Phone 971 649 494
Els Calderers
Els Calderers

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Manacor
Imposing 18th-century country house.
Time Apr-Sep: 10am-6pm. Oct-Mar: 10am-5pm.
Where Finca Ctra. Manacor, km. 37.
Price Adults €8, Children €4
Phone 971 526 069
Jardins d'Alfàbia
Jardins d'Alfàbia

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Palma
Spectacular house and lush gardens.
Time Oct-Mar: 9.30am-5.30pm. Sat: 9.30am-1pm. Sun closed. Apr-Oct: 9.30am-6.30pm. Sat: 9.30am-6pm. Sun closed.
Where Ctra. Palma–Sóller, km. 14.
Price €4.50
Phone 971 613 123
La Granja
La Granja

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Palma
Wonderful country finca with gardens - overexploited and overpriced, but beautiful all the same.
Time 10am-6pm.
Where Finca Esporles, km. 14.
Price Wed-Thu (with corny folk dance displays): Adults €12, Children €6. Fri-Tue: Adults €10, Children €5.
Phone 971 610 032
Miramar Country Estate
Miramar Country Estate

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Valldemossa
Incredible views from the grounds of this handsome house built on the site of what was once the school of medieval philospher Ramón Llull.
Time 9:30am-5:30pm. Mon closed.
Where Ctra. Valldemossa–Deià.
Price €3
Phone 971 616 073
Son Marroig Country Estate
Son Marroig Country Estate

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Valldemossa
Beautiful 19th-century house and fetching gardens, once the home of the eccentric Austrian archduke Ludwig Salvator.
Time Apr-Sep: 10am-7:30pm. Oct-Mar: 10am-6pm. Sun closed.
Where Ctra. Valldemossa–Deià.
Price €3
Phone 971 639 158
Sóller Botanic Garden
Sóller Botanic Garden

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Sóller
With shaded paths, soaring palms, and prickly cacti, Sóller’s lush Botanic Gardens is a delight.
Time Tue-Sat: 10am-6pm. Sun and hol: 10am-2pm.Mon closed.
Where Sóller: Ctra. Palma–Pto. Sóller, km. 30.
Price €5. Includes entry into the Museum of Natural Sciences.
Phone 971 634 014
Raixa
Raixa

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Bunyola
Probably the island\'s most beautiful country house and gardens, built in the 18th century in Italianate style by the formidable Cardinal Despuig.
Time Sat and Sun, 10 - 2pm
Where Palma-Soller road, km 12.
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